and from a california democrat under fire forced to apologize for remarks made about a former nazi leader if you wanted eat healthy by organic or conventional which one is more nutritious the next few days all about four more years the democratic national convention kicks off in charlotte. the party's chance to counter allegations made during the car and see if the country is worse off than four years ago.

the main arsenal as first lady michelle obama political reporter grace lee shows us a california political party leader makes headlines. a war of words from the california democratic share his wars compare republicans to the knocks in minister of propaganda as great in a fury that john burton has gone too far the danger of romney ryan and the republicans california democratic chairman john burden makes headlines he spoke on kcbs and compare the republican vice- presidential candidate paul ryan to let not see leader known for creating propaganda during the holocaust they lied then in care that they lied to us like joseph garbles the big lie you keep repeating that was curveballs

the big lion face said that care about fax they're going to lie it is not a pejorative to talk about their no question he went too far political analyst joe touman says it is the wrong message to send a day before the democratic convention i would be mad is that they one has read this thing up the lead story in the news cycle is about that of the california democratic party comparing republicans to not seize that is not the kind of introduction you want. after getting pummeled by republicans and democrats including the jewish coalition john burton released this statement called a did not call republicans not to ignore what i ever i did not even use the word paul ryan and republicans are consulted i homily i humbly

apologize " are not the only democrats feeling those front pages the other question is are we better off than four years ago the governor the democrat from maryland answered it this way on face the nation can you say people are better off today than four years ago that is not the question of this election the question is without a doubt we're not as well-off as a were before george bush brought us the job losses and the bush job losses and the desert war charged to credit cards the governor was actually defending the president his initial answer that we're not better off was to get to the romney campaign they call it prove that president obama's policies are not working. expect this to be the continued fame the information is next home prices are up and jobs are

created the median household income has dropped last four years and unemployment risen to more than 8% grace lee cbs 5 the dumbarton bridge open tonight will at of schedule it opened at 719 tonight at 10 hours earlier than planned all six lanes closed for earthquake retrofit project crews replaced old seismic expansion joints with a new one that allows the bridge more room to move safely during an earthquake the closure was suspected to last until tomorrow morning but caltrans says all the work is spent on time and problem free. the weather cooperated and the job has gone smoothly, we built in some contingency time caltrans says this is the last closure of the retrofit project expected to be finished next year a grass fire scorched 150 a. in east bay tonight.

the fire broke out between pittsburgh and concord at 5:30 p.m. near the military ocean terminal federal firefighters battled the flames on the ground fire was contained in two hours. it is hot and dry and east bay we're tracking conditions of the weather center paul welcome to the weather team at cbs 5 we're talking about temperatures in the 90 fairfield 95 not too uncommon. what has become more uncommon the rainfall deficit average rainfall in san francisco about 13 in. we are 3 in. behind schedule. the fire danger increases in to september we can use rain. will talk about a change the forecast but as a tropical connection. no holiday weekend for

firefighters in southern california the williams fire has exploded six square miles of the angeles national forest, it is 5% contained, the fire burns and rugged terrain 35 mi. north of los angeles teresa garcia explains one of the challenges fire crews in face tonight more than 500 firefighters working to battle the blaze. we're headed to help them firefighters face a triple challenge that terrain is extremely steep and very high and nearly triple digits and the wind is picking up it makes every aspect more difficult it makes it difficult to move personnel and equipment into the area the train so steep firefighters must use aircraft to fight the fire thousands were

told to leave camp sites along the san gabriel river, 100 residents to evacuate some with young children took shelter at this evacuation center. a couple dozen others have refused to leave the camp williams community despite mandatory evacuation. we decided to stay here and put up the fight better than wondering how your place is doing i have animals and friends and family so far the fire has not earned any structures teresa garcia cbs news a man shot and killed by officers in vallejo did not have a gun but police said it sure looked like a gun they opened fire on him yesterday in a parked car cbs 5 reporter christin ayers saudi was actually caring and some say officers went too far

they executed him she was watching from this window sunday morning when vallejo police shot her brother mario romero to death in his car. i heard my brother take his last breath third round rid of the car at one point and officer reloaded mounted a look of the car and continued firing they killed my son, the never gave him a chance vallejo police say they stopped the car to see with the men were doing inside and romero told to put his hands up he left the car exposing what they thought was a weapon he had a handgun protruding from his waistband police later admitted it was not that handgun butter wrapped up her son is the seventh person to be shot by vallejo police this year and fifth to die in may vallejo police also shot a man who was caring of

replica nobody ever has done had he shoots people that don't have weapons the men did have what police say were drugs another man joseph johnson in the passenger seat was injured but will let romeros families says amanda what was in the car romero did not deserve to die. i want justice some want them to know you cannot do this kristyn a year cbs 5 days to go for the race for the cure registration is down and so are donations more fallout from the planned parenthood controversy. donations to the susan g. coleman foundation had dropped to $93,000 so far this year joe vasquez with more that is facing local organizers this set up a storefront at

embarcadero one but not everybody by before next sunday susan g. colman what is struggling to group that raises money for cancer research only has half the number of walker's that registered last year. they had about 4000 last year. i'm chewing my neighbor my nails over this year's results many are still talking about the incident. she is a breast cancer survivor and 12 your volunteer and i debated resigning i was on the board she says the incident that decision from the dallas headquarters to in funding for planned parenthood was met with out rage instead of resigning she and the local board protest that within hours this sent a letter to headquarters saying they would not follow the directive. planned parenthood is never

approached our affiliate for a donation of the want to fight for the right to fund them if they are providing mammograms and other services to the community the national office changed its mind and now supports planned parenthood, there's been a series of apologies and resignations i would still support them i know at the end of the day the whole purpose is to raise money for research for breast cancer that is an important thing. the research is needed i don't like were the causes are hijacked by political brouhaha 1000 people showed up on race day last year they hope they get a last-minute push this year and as well. joe vasquez cbs 5 thousands of bay area college students want about a contagious virus cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman on the outbreak

making its way across the san francisco state campus school at san francisco state may involve more than the usual questions. you have a rash that turns to and itchy it cheap scab there is a highly contagious illness floating around campus with that two cases of chicken pox both diagnosed on students the student health center says the two cases have nothing to do with each other it is coincidence but that's what happens when kids from all over the country gather at the college campus i know it is an infectious disease, and highly contagious you could be on the other side of the room or the same building and the infected if you had a vaccine you are immune, it is spread easily the

two patients were in several buildings before they knew they were sick and lived in student housing, a warning issued to students to be aware after they sent a notice about the chicken pox the hosted advance, everyone there was touching and stuff, i don't understand there was a decision not to cancel any activities or classes' just to make sure students get a vaccine if they don't have one mike sugerman cbs 5. they both want your vote but what will it cost you in the easy way to figure out which presidential candidate better for your bottom line is organic food and the healthier t

what makes you vote for a particular candidate, a stance on social issues are the economy cbs reporter kiet do on the new app on which presidential candidate gives you more bang for your buck. what we fear the most is a week america when it comes to weeding through the rhetoric there is an app for that on planify dot com we want to eliminate the distortions and political decision making he co-founded a letter fire after he heard people debate politics without talking money. it crunches your information and campaign promises into an

algorithm if you'll be voting on issues like abortion know what the trade-offs associated are a family for in san francisco making $300,000 a year to kids in college the tax benefit nearly $24,000 a year under romney's plan that is more than obama's but a 22 year-old single person making $30,000 a year better off voting for obama and would pocket tax savings. this map of the bay area are all rich neighborhoods that would benefit under romney. it looks like the bay area should vote for romney that was the startling conclusion we found a bay area as many higher name households they financially benefit from a conservative candidate. much of the nation is in blue and would benefit from obama.

it's as romney's tax break for the rich would add to the deficit had you plug numbers into a magic box and say oh vote for obama? that is the worse thing, the point of the project is to eliminate the partisanship when we make these decisions kiet do, cbs 5 a lot of people buy organic food because they feel that has more nutritional value but research in the bay area proved the theory wrong. this family chooses organic as often as possible to help it cuts down on pesticide and hormones froude's vegetables and dairy for sure, the meets mostly organic new research shows when it comes to nutrition no difference between organic and regular foods.

generally the same amount of vitamins and nutrients regardless of the types of fruits or vegetables you bye past that is looked at unprocessed products like grain milken aides and pour can meet researchers found eating un organic reduced exposure to pesticides and residue but levels also within safe limits to un organic foods the evidence shows were not eating as much fruits and vegetables as we shut and then maybe one of the main conclusions people should be eating more fruits and vegetables clearly, at this point there's not as much evidence to suggest there's a difference between organic and conventional which should be eating more of that. it cost more for organic foods and products her family will keep spending an extra four organic she feels is best for

her children. not so much bad exposure to chemicals no matter what you choose experts say important to watch all fruits and vegetables before you eat them. a rumbling santa cruz landmark silenced today the last day for the hurricane roller- coaster at the boardwalk don ford on those you can count for one last ride. the hurricane roller-coaster jammed packed, everyone trying to get the one last ride in today is the last day at the hurricane is been here 20 years the hurricane has been sold to another amusement park in new mexico to make way for a larger spinning roller-coaster called the " undertow " today the last day the hurricane is stilled

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checks in at 60, san francisco 56, san jose 654 tonight and early tomorrow foggy night at the coast, down to 53 mid-50s with fog along the bay clear conditions and chilly down to the mid 50s inland spots. what we have tropical moisture made it to southern california moving in our direction, by wednesday clouds will be on the way you notice the change by wednesday, future cast a nice day tomorrow of the fog burns back to the coast, hot and and once again, now look at wednesday that is not rainfall but cloud cover we will have plenty of it on wednesday a cloudy change for middle of the week and a shortened school week. fought for the bay and the coast

inland areas hot in the '90s once again tomorrow. looking at high temperatures fremont 88, livermore 96, oakland 72, the drop in temperatures wednesday and thursday increase in clouds and mid '80s sunshine back. the sunshine continues through the weekend sports is next. rapid at the with this ball think you roberta gonzales has a new role she will bring [ female announcer ] they can be enlightening.

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